I'm backing IBM to win in the collaboration space

By: Gareth Howell

25 Jan 2010

Picture of a Lotus Notes client running on a Mac

I have been a Lotus Notes consultant for 17 years now. That's a long time for a product to exist in the IT product market (actually it's been around since 1989 I think); so it's worth examining why it's still around, and why it is still the market leader in the collaboration space.

Case Study: How Agdon uses technology in its business

Agdon Associates is trying to make the best use of technology to improve and protect its business.

How a small UK based business has deployed technology to to solve its business needs

Missing Lotusphere already and preparing for a vicarious existence

By: Gareth Howell

4 Jan 2010

Lotusphere 2010

Once again, I am having to forego the pleasures of attending Lotusphere in Orlando. It's a total bummer, but there is no way I could afford it this year.

So, I will be living a vicarious existence through the media of twitter and (hopefully) some form of live streaming.

New Use case for Lotus Foundations

By: Gareth Howell

4 Jan 2010

Lotus Foundations Product Screens

I've just published the first in a series of Use Cases for how Lotus Foundations can be the solution to the IT needs of a business. This first one covers the needs of a small business that is seeking to maximise its investment in IT.

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Use Case: Lotus Foundations in a small business

Lotus Foundations is the ideal solution for a small business

The following is a potential Use Case, or scenario, for which Lotus Foundations is the ideal solution; particularly as compared to (say) Microsoft Small Business Server.

Watch out for the disappearing Lotus Foundations Run license

By: Gareth Howell

31 Dec 2009

Picture of Lotus Foundations serverI've spent the best part of this afternoon resolving an issue with my Lotus Foundations server.

Lotus Foundations pages now published

By: Gareth Howell

30 Dec 2009

Image of Lotus Foundations ServerLotus Foundations pages updated

I've just updated the pages on agdon.co.uk for the various Lotus Foundations products.

There is a general page for Lotus Foundations, plus pages for

Lotus Foundations Branch Office

An all-in-one solution designed to keep branch offices connected

Lotus Foundations Branch Office is an on-premise business appliance and a complete solution created to leverage the Lotus Domino™ skills and data already available at your head office. Simply and reliably extend your existing Lotus Domino investment to your branch offices and keep your people connected. Branch offices with 5-500 employees do not need technical resources on-site to engage the power of this self-managing and self-healing solution. And, it launches within 30 minutes, so your branch offices will quickly benefit from the included IBM Lotus Notes™ and Domino mail and collaboration platform, file management,directory services, firewall, back-up and recovery, and IBM Lotus Symphony™ office productivity tools. Email, Calendar & Contacts Office Productivity Central File & Print Management Data Backup Disaster Recovery Firewall Automated System Updates

Lotus Foundations Reach

Find, reach, and work together like never before!

  IBM Lotus Foundations™ Reach brings together everything a business needs - hardware, software, and services - to provide a complete business solution with a robust communications experience, all from a single, simple user interface. We help your people connect and work together in real time to be more effective, make quick, informed decisions, and achieve better business outcomes. Leveraging award-winning IBM Lotus Sametime technology, Lotus Foundations Reach is an optional add-on for Lotus Foundations Start. Together, they offer an integrated, full-featured small business solution that enables teams to use e-mail, create and share documents, use business applications, centrally manage files, store and secure business data, control access to information, connect offices and employees, and leverage valuable communications tools.

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